Rodion Shchedrin

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Rodion Shchedrin
Родион Щедрин
Rodion Shchedrin in 2009
Born	(1932-12-16) 16 December 1932 (age 91) Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	Composer, pianist
Spouse	Maya Plisetskaya ​ ​ (m. 1958; died 2015)​

Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Russian: Родион Константинович Щедрин, IPA: [rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin]; born 16 December 1932) is a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist, winner of USSR State Prize (1972), the Lenin Prize (1984), and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1992), and is a former member of the Inter-regional Deputies Group (1989–1991). He is also a citizen of Lithuania^[1] and Spain.^[2]